Focus on Two Famous Cases - 19th and 20th Century

Lady Justice

Seal of the Supreme Court

Part 1 -

19th Century Case with Ms Pember
Click on the following link:

Marbury v Madison

OR

20th Century Case with Ms Johnson

Warren Court Cases

Part 2 - Begin Final Research Project

Objectives:
students will be able to:

research current trends/decisions of the US Supreme Court
analyze and annotate court documents (majority/minority opinions) and expert analysis reports
discuss the details and ramifications of recent court cases and justice nominations
create a podcast that incorporates students' knowledge and various viewpoints about the situation

Introduce final project - for Thursday

Activity 1

What are the major parts of a news/talk radio show?

Watch a video clip of a political talk show

Watch CBS News Videos Online

View this "Face the Nation" sample which discusses the Supreme Court Justice nomination of Elena Kagan (available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6489168n&tag=contentMain;contentBody)
Refer back to the opening question: What are the major parts of a news/talk radio show?
Class discussion to answer this question and develop timely ideas about the Supreme Court that would make an interesting talk show

Activity 2 - Read the overview for the final project below

Project Directions

Supreme Court Talkshow Project.doc

Activity 3 - Assign roles and find an article

Step 1 -For today, your group will assign roles and then find an article that fits with your point of view on your particular case.

Step 2 - Once you have found and agree on an article to use, copy and paste this link into word.

Step 3 - You will read this and mark this up digitally.

To review how to mark up:

Technology Skill

Highlighting and inserting comments in a word document

Copy and paste your article in to a Word document. Save it
Select from the the file menu: View.....Toolbars......Reviewing
Click the highlighter icon to highlight key terms
Place the cursor next to a word or phase in the document that you want to comment or revise
Click the insert comment icon to write a comment or revision

You will share your comments and thoughts on this article with your group tomorrow.

Closing

Day 3